Mulled wine and gingerbread cookies are perfect for the pre Christmas season. I figured that a box for a mix of nuts and raisins to put in the mulled wine would be a great hostess gift along with a bottle of mulled wine before Christmas. There's nothing better for said box than the Mulled Wine stamp. Well, except for the cute image of Santa's Little Helper with Saffron Buns, maybe.

The box is made with Vanilla Bazzill, the patterned papers are from the "Christmas Dreams" collection by Poppydesign, I've used the papers Time to Wait, Cardamom and Sneak Peek. I've filed all the paper edges, turning them white. The papers by Poppydesign are of such good quality, making them perfect for this kind of treatment. I've also sewn all the edges and torn them here and there, adding a little texture. I've also filed the edges of the circles I've make from the Sneak Peek papers and fastened them with dimensional cushions. I've added Kaisercraft pearls and used a punch from Martha Stewart to make a snowflake border and put cheesecloth behind that.

Santa's little helper is colored with Copics (as always), the dots in his cheeks I've made with a Pilot Super Color pen (Extra Fine), I've stamped the edges with stamps from Basic Grey and North Star Stamps, in addition to adding Stickles Star Dust around the entire edge. Some dots with Liquid Pearls Opal White are also spread around the image in clusters of three.

I've stamped the Mulled Wine stamp on X-Press It blending card and colored it in with Copics. I added a gingerbread recipe stamp by Ladybug & Friends above the Mulled Wine stamp, that's a recipe for a perfect day right there!! Unfortunately, the gingerbread recips/Mulled Wine stamp combination was too long to fit on the front of the box because of my closing mechanism, decorating the back isn't too bad, though.

I've used the Time to Wait paper and circles from the Sneak Peek paper on the lid. I've also added a circular stamp by Poppydesign matching the Santa on the patterned paper. More Stickles usage on the lid, and even Goosebumps, though the Goosebumps are hard to see. I've also used quite a bit of Goosebumps on the sides of the box.